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The Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority says the three-month rule will remain in place as there is no benefit to cramming in more exam attempts....
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The major financial planning representative groups have met informally to discuss the direction of policy amid the Australia Securities and Investments Commission’s conti...
Financial planning
While the Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority will cease to exist from 1 January, 2022, its code of ethics will still be up for review as the guide is yet t...
Financial planning
The Federal Government faces strong lobbying from financial planning organisations to ensure that the new single disciplinary body does not become yet another impost on a...
Financial planning
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will cease to exist under legislation from 1 January, next year, but its actions, including the code of ethics, will ...
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Providing financial advice has managed to stand the test of time, writes Michael Pillemer, despite the rollercoaster of changes which have affected the industry in recent...
Policy & Regulation
The Government has decided that the chair of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, Catherine Walter, can remain on the job in a part-time capacity until t...
Financial planning
Licensees are responsible for notifying the corporate regulator that their advisers have completed the exam, however finding whether an adviser has passed isn’t easily ac...
People & Products
The former minister who oversaw the creation of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of EQT Ho...
Financial planning
The cost of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority functions may yet add to the ASIC levy paid by financial advisers....
Financial planning
In the last four exams, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has acknowledged that advice documentation is a problem area with exam performance. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has challenged the Tax Practitioners Board to explain why tax financial advisers should be required to do anything beyond meet the requ...
Financial planning
Underperformance included the lack of ability to demonstrate an understanding of different types of advice and the components of key advice documentation....
Financial planning
Only 67% of advisers have passed the January exam, much lower than the overall average pass rate of 78%....
Financial planning
Financial advice firms already digesting the scale of their Australian Securities and Investments Commission levy invoices are worried about what a compensation scheme of...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...